Thomas Hobbes
was born in Malmesbury, England. He was educated at Oxford University,
and his studies focused mainly upon classics. Hobbes frequently traveled
around Europe to meet with many scientists and to study various types of
government. While Hobbes visited foreign countries, he became intrigued
in the reason people allowed themselves to be ruled. He also pondered
what form of government would be best for England. Hobbes wrote "Leviathan,"
in 1651. In this work, he stated that people were naturally wicked,
thus they could not be trusted to govern themselves. Hence, Hobbes deemed
an absolute monarchy was best type of government.